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Vasilopita (Greek: Βασιλόπιτα, Vasilópita, lit.'(St.) Basil-pie' or 'Vassilis pie', see below) is a New Year's Day bread or cake in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe and the Balkans which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver, like the Western European. Traditional Greek New Years Day bread. Served as a coffee cake for breakfast. A lucky coin is baked into it and whoever ends up with the piece of cake with the coin in it is considered to have good luck for the entire year.
A special vasilopita is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. A special vasilopita is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have a special vasilopita using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make A special vasilopita:
- Make ready 375 g butter
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups sugar
- Get 4 eggs
- Take 1 cup yogurt
- Take 1 tsp vanilla
- Make ready 1 level tsp mahleb
- Get 1 tsp ground mastic
- Make ready zest and juice of 1 large orange
- Get 500 g self rising flour
- Get 1 tsp baking powder
In Greece and certain areas of Eastern Europe people bake a Vasilopita Cake to not only honor St. Basil but to celebrate New Years day. Basil's Bread." Vasilopita - Greek Saint Basil's New Year's Cake. A very traditional Greek Cake that celebrates the life of Saint Basil.
Instructions to make A special vasilopita:
- Beat the butter until fluffy.
- Beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy and pale yellow.
- Fold in the two mixtures together gently.
- Using a medium speed of the mixer add the rest of the ingredients adding the flour last.
- Mix well (the batter shouldn't be too firm).
- Empty into a 30 cm baking tray that you have lined with greaseproof paper brushed with butter.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for half an hour using the top and bottom radiant elements and then use the fan until golden brown.
- As soon as it is baked and has cooled turn it upside down, push in the lucky coin and place it on a platter.
- Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar and use a syringe with melted chocolate to decorate it with the current year.
Basil's Bread." Vasilopita - Greek Saint Basil's New Year's Cake. A very traditional Greek Cake that celebrates the life of Saint Basil. Hidden within one of the pieces of the Vasilopita is a coin or a small piece of jewelry. The person who receives the piece with the coin receives a special blessing. There is a strong connection between the piece of Vasilopita which is cut for St.
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